\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\nP<\/span>remier\u00a0<\/span>constat\u202f:\u00a0<\/span>le<\/span>\u00a0manque criant de ressources,\u00a0<\/span>notamment\u00a0<\/span>en amont\u00a0<\/span>des services de la protection de la jeunesse<\/span>. Dans un souci comptable, Qu\u00e9bec a rogn\u00e9\u00a0<\/span>au cours des ann\u00e9es\u00a0<\/span>le budget<\/span>\u00a0de<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0services de premi\u00e8re ligne et\u00a0<\/span>de pr\u00e9ventio<\/span>n<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Il s<\/span>\u2019en est suivi\u00a0<\/span>un engorgement<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>es services de protection de la jeunesse<\/span>. E<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>effet,\u00a0<\/span>le nombre de signalements annuels \u00e0 la DPJ est pass\u00e9\u00a0<\/span>en quinze ans\u00a0<\/span>de 68\u202f000 \u00e0 105\u202f000<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00c0 quelques mois<\/span>\u00a0du d\u00e9voilement du budget du Qu\u00e9bec,\u00a0<\/span>le Collectif\u00a0<\/span>invite\u00a0<\/span>le ministre de la Sant\u00e9 et des Services sociaux<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>M.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>Lionel Carmant, \u00e0<\/span>\u00a0donner suite aux recommandations pr\u00e9liminaires de R\u00e9gine Laurent<\/span>\u00a0et \u00e0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>r\u00e9investir dans\u00a0<\/span>l<\/span>es programmes d\u2019accompagnement<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>que ce soit en\u00a0<\/span>amont ou\u00a0<\/span>en\u00a0<\/span>aval des services de protection de la jeunesse.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRehausser les revenus des familles et des personnes<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\nD<\/span>euxi\u00e8me\u00a0<\/span>cons<\/span>tat<\/span>\u202f:\u00a0<\/span>l\u2019incidence<\/span>\u00a0de la pauvret\u00e9 dans\u00a0<\/span>l<\/span>e<\/span>s histoires de vie<\/span>\u00a0qui sont rapport\u00e9es<\/span>\u00a0pendant la commission<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00c0 ce<\/span>\u00a0propos<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>de nombreux intervenants<\/span>\u00a0ont rappel\u00e9<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aux commissaires<\/span>\u00a0que<\/span>, sans \u00eatre le seul facteur \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer,<\/span>\u00a0la pauvret\u00e9<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>demeure\u00a0<\/span>un\u00a0<\/span>d\u00e9terminant\u00a0<\/span>socia<\/span>l<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>de la<\/span>\u00a0sant\u00e9 et de la<\/span>\u00a0vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 des familles<\/span>\u00a0et des personnes<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>En<\/span>\u00a0amont comme en aval des<\/span>\u00a0service<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0de protection de la jeunesse, le rehaussement du revenu des familles et des personne<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>est un<\/span>\u00a0moyen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>que\u00a0<\/span>le gouvernement doit\u00a0<\/span>envisager<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPar exemple,\u00a0<\/span>l\u2019aide<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>financi\u00e8re de dernier recours\u00a0<\/span>ne\u00a0<\/span>permet de couvrir qu<\/span>\u2019une fraction<\/span>\u00a0d<\/span>es besoins de base reconnus<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>urge de<\/span>\u00a0rehausser les prestations.<\/span>\u00a0Ce<\/span>la\u00a0<\/span>au<\/span>rait notamment pour effet de\u00a0<\/span>donner une v\u00e9ritable<\/span>\u00a0chance<\/span>\u00a0aux<\/span>\u00a0jeunes qui sortent des services de la protection de la jeunesse<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>et\u00a0<\/span>d\u2019am\u00e9liorer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>leur situation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nL\u2019instabilit\u00e9, l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la pauvret\u00e9 caract\u00e9risent pour beaucoup la vie apr\u00e8s\u00a0<\/span>la<\/span>\u00a0D<\/span>PJ<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>U<\/span>ne\u00a0<\/span>\u00e9tude<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>r\u00e9cente\u00a0<\/span>r\u00e9v\u00e8le\u00a0<\/span>de plus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>qu<\/span>\u2019un\u00a0<\/span>jeune adulte<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sur cinq conna<\/span>\u00ee<\/span>t au moins une exp\u00e9rience d\u2019itin\u00e9rance dans l\u2019ann\u00e9e suivant sa sortie<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>\u2019un centre jeunesse<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nD\u00e8s le prochain budget<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\nSi\u00a0<\/span>le gouvernement du\u00a0<\/span>Qu\u00e9bec souhaite r\u00e9sorber la crise qui secoue les services de protection de la jeunesse,\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>l doit<\/span>\u00a0\u00e9largir son champ d\u2019action et investir massivement dans la lutte contre la pauvret\u00e9 et l\u2019exclusion sociale.\u00a0<\/span>\u00c0 cet\u00a0<\/span>\u00e9gard<\/span>, on est en droit d\u2019esp\u00e9rer que le ministre du Travail, de l\u2019Emploi et de la Solidarit\u00e9 sociale<\/span>, M.<\/span>\u202f<\/span>Jean Boulet, saura\u00a0<\/span>f<\/span>aire<\/span>\u00a0preuve d\u2019initiative d\u00e8s le prochain budget pour\u00a0<\/span>augmenter le revenu des familles et des personnes et\u00a0<\/span>am\u00e9liorer le<\/span>ur<\/span>s conditions de vie<\/span>